Relaxing

We had a nice mellow weekend. Weather was cool, but sunny and clear. Bonnie did some gardening, we hung out with the neighbors and played with the kids.

official landscaping started

Saturday afternoon, we got to the ball park and launched Neil's and Sophie's rockets.

Bandito rocket

See you soon...

Family weekend - nice weather

Nothing too much going on this weekend, just nice weather and not too much work. The whole family came up except Sophie, who stayed with Nama for a weekend sleepover. All lil Neil would talk about for days was having a bon-fire and roasting marshmallows. So, Friday night we got it going on...

Neil roasting marshmallows

We finally added a new chair to the great room. We debated over the size and style for a while since this is a limited space. This one is like a beach blue velvet, pretty sweet. Notice the lil man in the background flashing the peace sign!

new chair

Saturday, I mounted a deer skull from my neighbor in ceremonial representation of the buck he got back in November 2015. FYI - this is not the actual deer skull from Kelleys. He would not part with that prized possession.

Deer head

You know I can't go a solid weekend without some cottage project. So I did manage to finally install two outdoor hose spigots. Not super exciting, but done.

Working outdoor spigot

Nice weekend had by the family. Here is us headed home on the ferry.

Anna and Neil on the ferry

See ya soon!

The "Washer and Dryer" experience

We have been coming to Kelleys Island now between cottages since 2009, and we have yet to have a working washer and dryer installed. The neighbors have been very kind and let us use their's or we had to go to the marina to wash clothes/towels etc. This has been a huge priority for Bon and now I can proudly post that we finally have a working washer and dryer installed!

First, Captain Ron hooked-up us up with a crazy $$ discount and then volunteered to pick-up and transport our new appliances from the factory in Clyde OH to Kelleys Island for short-term storage in his barn. Double bonus, and huge thanks to Ron!

New appliances - Ron's truck

I picked up the washer and dryer from Ron's barn on Saturday and got Chris to help with the install. After cutting the dryer vent hole(s) and running the vent pipes in the crawlspace, we fired up both appliances and they worked great. Thanks Chris!

Last trip to the island, I removed the old grill with plans to replace ASAP. Well, I brought up a new one that I bought and assembled at home. Looking forward to grilling some meat on this soon!

New grill

So far, the Kelleys Island weekend weather has been brutal and this past weekend was no exception. Early Saturday evening, it started snowing on and off. Here is a photo of the light accumulation. I'm ready for warmer weather...

April snow

On a side note, I planned to work on the washer/dryer and grill this weekend and not much else. At the very last minute before leaving home, when I'm kissing the family goodbye... Sophie's shouts out, "daddy, I'm coming with you". So needless to say, I brought Sophie up with me for the weekend, my baby girl.

S-O-P-H-I-E

Miscellaneous dumb island news for you...

The village of Kelleys Island has just DOUBLED the cost of bulk water. Just another thing to add to the overall cost to do anything on this island. 

Water $ increase $

Early Bird Weekend

Early bird weekend coming up on April 8th-10th. We should have some fun photos to share since we are leaving the kids at home and bringing up some great friends.

Cottage projects planned... none!